Ex Shoshana and Kaufman Collections

Triton XIX, Lot: 312. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18.5mm, 3.31 g, 1h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). “Shim‘on” (in Hebrew) within wreath / Kithara with three strings; “Y[ear] 2 of the Freedom of Israel” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg – (O13/R25 [unlisted die combination]); Kaufman I 11 (same dies); Meshorer 239; Hendin 1397 corr. (illustrations are of 1398); Bromberg 465 (same obv. die); Shoshana I 20298 (this coin); Sofaer 41; Spaer –. VF, areas of flat strike. Among the rarest of the Bar Kochba coins, only one other example known from this die pairing.

From the David Hendin Collection. Ex Shoshana Collection (Part I, Heritage, 8 March 2012), lot 20298; C. Kaufman Collection.